"Our first game is a multiplayer sports game", he tweeted at the time. Then we make a driving game. What sort of driving game you ask? A spiritual successor. Speed. Traffic. And Crashing. Lots and lots of crashing."

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It's not clear which kind of Burnout game Three Fields is aiming to emulate - whether it's the challenge-focused older games or Paradise's open world - but we'll have more for you just as soon as we find out.

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